Janet N. Gold arrived in Honduras for the first time in 1971 to teach at the American School. She new almost nothing about the country. Forty years later, she has published a new book about modern Honduran literature.

Who was Edmundo Chirinos, a psychiatrist that drugged and raped patients, who also provided therapy to former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez? A successful book about the man has now been adapted into a theater play.

The city council of Barcelona has created a reception program for Mexican journalists who feel their life is under threat in their home country. The first participants are Jacob Morales and Luis Daniel Nava, journalists from El Sur de Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

One of the most prominent female journalists in Latin America, Argentinian reporter Leila Guerriero is the editor of “Cuba on the Verge,” a compilation of journalistic essays about continuity and change in contemporary Havana.

Colombian urban artist DJ LU / Juegasiempre has been denouncing social and political injustices such as violence and racism for more than 15 years through his art on the streets of three continents. He would love to work in Philly, "the cradle of graffiti and urban art."

Latino American photographer Quetzal Maucci spoke with AL DÍA News about her childhood in San Francisco, CA, growing up the daughter of two Latin American immigrant mothers, as well as how she became interested in documenting the lives of the children of immigrants in the United States. Her series "Children of Immigrants" was published in The New York Times.

AL DÍA News spoke with Moctesuma Esparza, the well-known film producer and entrepreneur of Mexican descent who founded the Maya Cinemas chain, about the challenges of being Latino in the United States.

All across the West, we’re seeing the rise of angry, resentful, nationalist, xenophobic and racist movements — movements made up mostly of low-information voters, says Jason Brennan, professor of Philosophy at Georgetown university, in his book, "Against Democracy".

In "La Tribu," the young Cuban writer Carlos Manuel Álvarez portrays the period from the thaw of relations with the United States to the death of Fidel Castro. In "Our Woman in Havana," the former U.S. ambassador defends the rapprochement between Cuba and the U.S.